RU2633431C2 - Unmanned robot for mapping yielding capacity - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: agriculture.

SUBSTANCE: unmanned robot with a module for mapping yielding capacity contains a frame, wheels, a control and navigation system with control and measuring devices, a power system, a technology adapter with a module for mapping yielding capacity and an on-board computer. It is equipped with an adapter and a module for mapping yielding capacity installed on the frame.

EFFECT: increased labour productivity, reduced costs and increased yielding capacity.

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Description

The invention relates to agricultural machinery, namely, technical means for monitoring and compiling electronic productivity maps.

The famous unmanned robot Hortibot, (http://www.technologyreview.com/news/408225/robotic-farmer/), consisting of a frame, steered wheels, a control and navigation system with instrumentation, a power system that provides a wide range of works. It is equipped with various technological modules: sprayer-herbicide, cultivator weedler, mower.

A disadvantage of the known robotic device is that it is intended only for processing plants, it does not have the ability to map yield.

The closest in technical essence to the declared unmanned robot is the BoniRob Amazone-Werke robotic tool (http://go.amazone.de/?lang=l&news=26), including a frame, steered wheels, a control and navigation system with control and measuring devices and power system, vision system. The vision system is able to distinguish weeds from beneficial crops by leaf shape, which are then removed mechanically.

A disadvantage of the known device is that it is not equipped with equipment for mapping yield.

The technical task of the invention is to increase labor productivity, reduce costs, increase productivity.

The technical task is achieved in that an unmanned robot for mapping productivity, including a frame, steered wheels, a control and navigation system with instrumentation, a power system, an on-board computer, a vision system, according to the invention, is equipped with an adapter and a module for mapping mounted on the frame yields with a system of multispectral, stereoscopic and thermal imaging cameras installed on it.

Increasing productivity, increasing labor productivity and reducing costs is achieved by using a system of multispectral, stereoscopic and thermal imaging cameras installed on the module for mapping yields, which automatically, during movement, receive data on the state of plants, the degree of maturity of the crop, the presence of diseases and transmit them for compiling electronic maps.

The invention is illustrated by drawings.

In FIG. 1 schematically shows an unmanned robot for mapping productivity, dimetry; in FIG. 2 - the same, top view; and in FIG. 3 is the same side view.

An unmanned robot with a module for mapping productivity consists of a frame 1, wheels 2, a control and navigation system 3 with control and measuring devices, a power system 4, a technological adapter 5 with module 6 for mapping yield, an on-board computer 7.

Technological adapter 5 with module 6 for mapping yield has the ability to automatically adapt to the height of the plant, using the vision system 8 and the electric cylinder 9 (actuator) of the adapter. The adjustment of the height of the module 6 is carried out by automatically extending the electric cylinder 9 of the adapter. The module for mapping yield includes a system of multispectral, stereoscopic and thermal imaging cameras 10, which create a map of the state of plants, the degree of maturity and volume of the crop.

The device operates as follows.

An unmanned robot enters the rows of plants in automatic mode, using the technical vision system 8 and technological adapter 5, adjusts the height of module 6 for mapping yield to the height of the vegetation. The yield mapping module makes crop images multispectral, stereoscopic and thermal imaging cameras. Each image has a set of digital parameters - geographic coordinates, shooting height, exposure angle and telemetry data that are loaded into the GIS system. The receiver of GPS signals from the satellite constellation in real time associates digital parameters, the readings of the mapping module to an electronic map. The result is a digital yield map, which includes data from the entire plot, and generalized photographs create a set of maps of the state of plants, the degree of maturity and yield of the berry and fruit stands.

The operator has the opportunity to monitor the mapping process and, if necessary, adjust the operation of the unmanned robot using the remote control. For remote route selection, the operation mode of the technological adapter 5 with module 6 for mapping, an on-board computer 7 is located on frame 1.

The use of the declared unmanned robot will increase labor productivity, reduce costs, increase productivity (due to timely response to a drop in yield on the desired plot of orchards, fruit plantations, identify plant diseases, dead crops and determine the dose of fertilizers and plant protection products for differential application for the next season ), will save labor costs by 15-25%.

Claims (1)

An unmanned robot for mapping plant yields, characterized in that it contains a frame with steered wheels, a control and navigation system with instrumentation, an on-board computer, power and vision systems and a module mounted on the frame for mapping yields with a multispectral, stereoscopic and thermal imaging cameras and with a technological adapter for adjusting the height of the module depending on the height of plants using the above-mentioned system of technical view.

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